Definition of Balaenid. Meaning of Balaenid. Synonyms of Balaenid

- Balaenidae as a monophyletic group that is the sister group to Neobalaenidae. Balaenids are large whales, with an average adult length of 15 to 17 metres (45–50...
- Morenocetus is an extinct genus of primitive balaenid from the Early Miocene (Burdigalian and Colhuehuapian in the SALMA classification) Gaiman Formation...
- pleats to expand their mouths to take in food and sieve out the water. Balaenids (right whales and bowhead whales) have m****ive heads that can make up...
- four families: rorquals (balaenopterids), cetotheriids, right whales (balaenids), and grey whales (eschrichtiids). The main difference between each family...
- Cetaceans: Whales, dolphins and porpoises Baleen whales (mysticetes) Balaenids: right whales and bowhead whale Rorquals (balaenopterids) Gray whale Pygmy...
- of rorquals appears to be more energy efficient than the ram feeding of balaenid whales; the latter technique is used with less dense and patchy plankton...
- confirmed that pygmy right whales are more closely related to rorquals than to balaenid right whales, consistent with a close relationship with the cetotheres...
- the jaw. This can be accomplished by means of a swept-back mouth, as in balaenid whales, or by allowing water to flow out through the gills, as in sharks...
- (rorquals), Eschrichtiidae (gray whale) and Cetotheriidae (pygmy right whale). Balaenids are distinguished by their enlarged head and thick blubber, while rorquals...
- Plesiobalaenoptera, an ancient grey whale (cf. Eschrichtius sp.), an undetermined balaenid, an unidentified dolphin, and another undetermined species of macroraptorial...